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ESA marks #Asteroid Day21 June 2017
The United Nations has declared 30 June to be International Asteroid Day, and ESA is joining other space agencies, astronauts, scientists and even rock stars for a 24-hour global telethon.

Asteroid sleuths go back to the future 10 January 2017
Careful sleuthing through decade-old images has enabled ESA’s asteroid team to decide that a newly discovered space rock poses little threat of hitting Earth any time soon.

UN recognises 30 June as Asteroid Day07 December 2016
Today, the UN officially proclaimed 30 June – the anniversary of the most momentous asteroid impact event in recorded history – as international Asteroid Day, to raise awareness of the threat and opportunity represented by these small bodies scattered...

The making of....24 November 2016
Making a movie about a project that is still in the preliminary preparations phase. This is what we expected from the team at Science Office almost two years ago now. The movie had to be scientific with cutting-edge technology but visually appealing e...

15 000 space rocks and counting27 October 2016
The international effort to find, confirm and catalogue the multitude of asteroids that pose a threat to our planet has reached a milestone: 15 000 discovered – with many more to go.